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New York Times, Thursday, June 30, 2005

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
58-Across : Tale of a cease-fire?
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Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 75 for Mr. DiPietro. Thursday freshness: 27%
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© 2005, The New York Times6/30/5 ( No. 20,323 )
Across
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Penny-a-worder, say : HACK
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Pronouncement : DICTUM
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Voting "yea" : PRO
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Dolor : ACHE
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Slips : ERRATA
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English ___ : LIT
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Aerobic bit : STEP
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Unappropriated financial aid? : LOOSEGRANT
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Just right : TOAT
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Commercial prefix with vision : UNI
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Small lizard : GECKO
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Conventional breakfast drink? : ORTHODOXJUICE
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John Irving's "A Prayer for ___ Meany" : OWEN
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Hooray for José : OLE
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X : TEN
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Horrible : AWFUL
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Game pieces : MEN
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Foofaraw : TODO
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Dr. in favor of compensation? : SEUSSFORDAMAGES
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Like some thoughts : IDLE
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Not severe : LAX
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Durable wood : EBONY
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Costa del ___ : SOL
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Some grads, for short : BAS
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Door sign : PULL
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Low card in the upper elevations? : MOUNTAINDEUCE
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Like smokestacks : SOOTY
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With 59-Down, biblical locale : RED
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Verbally assault : SLAM
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Tale of a cease-fire? : TRUCESTORY
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Peak : ACME
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Calendar abbr. : OCT
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Put new shoestrings in : RELACE
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Odd look : LEER
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"Poppycock!" : PAH
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Revered : SACRED
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2004 Brad Pitt film : TROY
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Must : HASTO
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Play boy? : ACTOR
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Deal from the bottom : CHEAT
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Cooked, cleaned, etc. : KEPTHOUSE
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Dupe : DELUDE
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Affixable, in a way : IRONON
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St. ___ (river separating Maine from Canada) : CROIX
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___ in telephone : TAS
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Beehive State native : UTE
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One of the Simpsons : MAGGIE
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Guidebook offering : PLACETOGO
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Icy area : RINK
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Hall-of-Fame center Jim : OTTO
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VCR button : REC
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Birds with rare binocular vision : OWLS
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Outfield mate of Scooter, of the 40's-50's Yankees : JOED
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It runs down one's arm : ULNA
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Fall locale : EDEN
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Prying : NOSY
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Sale sign : ASIS
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"This Is How ___ It" (1995 #1 hit) : WEDO
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You shouldn't talk with one : FULLMOUTH
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Mysterious fellow : MRX
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It's labeled S, not P : TABLESALT
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Sweet baked dessert : FLAN
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Brewer's equipment : OAST
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Fuse : MELD
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Clientele : BUYERS
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Go through : PIERCE
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Natural : UNDYED
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Stock page letters : OTC
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Like appreciative fans : AROAR
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Case for a gastroenterologist : ULCER
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Tiny part : CAMEO
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Filing aid : EMERY
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"That's enough!" : STOP
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Marine menace : ORCA
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See 56-Across : SEA
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What patients need, for short : TLC

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